LekhoriLekhoriAlternative form of in the family way.
She mentioned that she was in a family way and . . . stated that she needed all her money to pay the doctor's bills at the approaching deliverance.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, way.
Why don't we ask him and his ladies to come over in a family way and dine with some other plain country gentlefolks?
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